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- 1. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare says his mistress will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?People will read about her in his poemsShe will die and go to heavenShe will fall out of linePeople will know her because of her beauty
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?strong winds destroy spring flowersStrong winds cannot touch the flowersStrong winds don't stand a chance against his love
- 3. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare's sonnet 18 compares a girl to..spring daysummer's daynaturehis heartbeat
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?14 linesspecific sound devicesspecific rhyme schemespecific rhythm
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the metaphor in Sonnet 18?Comparing Shakespeare to his belovedComparing his beloved to a summer's dayComparing Shakepeare to a summer's dayComparing his beloved to time
- 6. Multiple Choice
What poetic device is used in the following line of Sonnet 18: "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade"?
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" refers to theFriend's eyeSkySunMoon
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade"?The friend will live in heaven.The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying.The sonnet will immortalize the friend.Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The third quatrain of the sonnet is there to
introduce the main theme or metaphor
introduce the metaphor or theme
provide a shift, twist, or conflict
summarize the sonnet and leave the reader with a lasting image
- 10. Multiple Choice
The couplet in a Shakespearean Sonnet is there to
explain the main theme
extended the poem's metaphor
provide a twist or conflict
leave the reader with a lasting image
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn Sonnet 18, Shakespeare does all of the following exceptcompare a persona favorably to a certain moment of the yearassure the person addressed of some sort of immortalitypay someone some very flattering complimentssuggest that poetry is more interesting than most people
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn effect, in Sonnet 18, Shakespeare assures the person addressed that deathis easily avoided and defeatedremains the enemy of seasons but not of youthcan be defeated by literary immortalityin a sense can be frustrated by those who die young
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow many lines does a sonnet have?1011514
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the rhyme scheme of a couplet?aaccggdd
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow many beats are in an iamb?1234
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow many feet of iambic pentameter are in most Shakespearean poems?5217
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?ABBAABBA CDECDEABAB CDCD EFEF GG
- 18. Multiple Choice_____ is the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.MeterRhythmRefrainRhyme
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines1234
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe rhyme scheme in this stanza is __________________
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.AABBABABAABABABBA - 21. Multiple ChoiceA Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division:Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solutionFour quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the secondThree quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summaryFourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe couplet in a Shakespearean Sonnet is there toexplain the main theme of the poemextended the poem's metaphorprovide a twist or conflictsummarize the sonnet and leave the reader with a lasting image
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?iambic pentameteriambic monometertrochaic tetrameterNo rhythmic meter
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following devices is NOT used in this sonnet?
personification
metaphor
irony
imagery
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is the biggest factor that affects comprehension of Shakespeare's sonnets?
point of view
length of poem
content
dialect
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